Movie notes: ‘Dragon Tattoo,’ Part II

Harry Potter fans will have to wait until July 2011 to finally get to the end of a 10-year odyssey spanning seven books and eight films. “Twilight” fans may have to wait until 2012 to see how the whole Edward/Jacob/Bella thing plays out on screen, since the fourth and final book, “Breaking Dawn,” could wind up being broken into two movies, according to various reports.

(UPDATE: A publicist for Summit Entertainment, the “Twilight” distributor, confirmed the two-movie scenario this afternoon).

Stieg Larsson fans have it a lot better, mainly because the movies based on the three books in the Swedish author’s “Millennium” trilogy have already been made, with the last two just needing American release dates.

Well, the second film has one now. And the way things are shaping up, there could be a smooth transition next month from the first to the second film at the Santikos Bijou theater.

The first movie, “The Girl With the Dragon Tattoo,” has been playing there for months and is scheduled to be released on DVD July 6. Meanwhile, the sequel, “The Girl Who Played With Fire,” has a July 9 release date in some markets, with expansion to the Bijou on July 16, according to the film’s Web site. That date hasn’t been confirmed by Santikos, but they’ve indicated they’re looking at either July 16 or 23.

The site doesn’t give a release date for the third film, “The Girl Who Kicked the Hornet’s Nest,” although a note in the Washington Post lists it as Oct. 15. Chances are it’ll get to S.A. before the end of the year. The book, which had been available in Europe, only made its American debut in May.

If the last two movies are as engrossing as the first, this ought to be interesting. Not to mention tough on fingernails.

Robert Johnson

One Response

That is good news. This summer has had the worst movies in recent history. This trilogy is the one bright spot. It will be interesting to see what David Fincher does with dragon,s American version. Hopefully the bijou will get “the killer inside” me soon.

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